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>> the back and forth over mitt romney's time with bain capital certainly did intensified today. it is not the kind of stuff that romney would like to be focusing on. the president effectively using the bully pulpit to discuss it. >> it appears the president is dictating the pace of things lately. that is because he has. the current news cycle is all about mitt romney is time that bain capital and if he oversaw any of the layoffs are outsourcing. the obama team getting a reaction by demanding more of romney's tax returns which could clarify his role. the nastiness and rhetoric have hit new heights. >> governor romney's economic plan would erase 800,000 jobs. -- would create 800,000 jobs. the only problem is, the jobs would not be in america. >> he is attacking mitt romney on a personal basis because he doesn't want to talk about his record. >> both almost exclusively running negative ads. the president has roughly twice as many hitting the air. one agency said team obama ran 37,000 compared to romney's 14,000. the obama team used romney in its latest ad singing. today, the romney
>> the back and forth over mitt romney's time with bain capital certainly did intensified today. it is not the kind of stuff that romney would like to be focusing on. the president effectively using the bully pulpit to discuss it. >> it appears the president is dictating the pace of things lately. that is because he has. the current news cycle is all about mitt romney is time that bain capital and if he oversaw any of the layoffs are outsourcing. the obama team getting a reaction by...
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i think that the attacks on bain were good. and i think that the president talking about the middle class, going out in iowa and sitting at the kitchen table with these people. this is a big improvement for him. >> when we did "the economy" in '92 we thought we were dealing with recession and coming back. that was the context for "it's the economy, stupid." >> it was not a financial -- >> right, this is not just a -- you're right. this is two things. this is a financial recession which is tough but it's also three decades of stagnation, job loss, and -- >> and growing wage disparity. >> and wage disparity. all that truth. when you say middle class, why we say it's "the middle class, stupid," this is an argument about the character of the country and a very big argument about the futures. it's a very strong place to be to run a presidential election. >> sure is. >> you wrote about mitt romney in your book, "if you don't want to help the middle class, confine talk about income inequality to your quiet room where you can look at p
i think that the attacks on bain were good. and i think that the president talking about the middle class, going out in iowa and sitting at the kitchen table with these people. this is a big improvement for him. >> when we did "the economy" in '92 we thought we were dealing with recession and coming back. that was the context for "it's the economy, stupid." >> it was not a financial -- >> right, this is not just a -- you're right. this is two things. this...
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he left bain capital in 1999 to run the olympics. the documents continued to show his name as ceo and sole owner of the company and suggested while he did the olympics he was active with bain. >> in defense of the ad, he was not there when all of the bad thippings happened. and so one, we don't know what the affect of this last week is. i suspect we may look back at this. and say why weren't they there. >> why isn't romney released the minutes of the minutes in baain capital's meeting in the three years. and something projactive and to say it is not true and it is not right. >> it is it your view that these attacks have had an affect. >> my own view is look. i think it is it hurting romney right now. >> where do you see the evidence in pollingyou can't let the stuff go unanswered. you have to put the proof in the facts and doesn't seem like they are ready to do that. this is an attack that mitt romney did in the primaries. they are platfooted with it >> two different attacks. one, he didn't take a leave of absence to run the olympics
he left bain capital in 1999 to run the olympics. the documents continued to show his name as ceo and sole owner of the company and suggested while he did the olympics he was active with bain. >> in defense of the ad, he was not there when all of the bad thippings happened. and so one, we don't know what the affect of this last week is. i suspect we may look back at this. and say why weren't they there. >> why isn't romney released the minutes of the minutes in baain capital's...
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sec documents list him as bain's ceo for two years after he says he left. meanwhile, president obama is keeping up the attack. rain or shine. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> let's talk a little more about this rain. meteor logist chuck bell has details on new showers moving in for us. right, chuck? >> absolutely, jim. already rain showing up literally on our city camera view. looking southbound. the main terminal at reagan national airport. looking down the anna costa rav ir, just in the distance. you can't see the bridge because of moderate rain showers inches northbound towards the city of washington. rain-cooled 79 at the airport with a south breeze, seven miles per hour. a little shower out of charles county and southern prince george's county, mostly into southern fairfax and the southern half of the district now. and her to norm just down to the south. earlier, about two hours ago from clinton to waldorf right on the prince george's county line, a lot of rain two to three inches of rain with flash flooding problems earlier. subsiding for now. a
sec documents list him as bain's ceo for two years after he says he left. meanwhile, president obama is keeping up the attack. rain or shine. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> let's talk a little more about this rain. meteor logist chuck bell has details on new showers moving in for us. right, chuck? >> absolutely, jim. already rain showing up literally on our city camera view. looking southbound. the main terminal at reagan national airport. looking down the anna costa rav...
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capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital walked away with a lot of money that they made off of this plant. >> reporter: the white house clearly wants to portray mitt romney's time at the helm of bain capital as a weak spot. in ad after ad, democrats are suggesting romney is a fat cat job outsourcer. an opportunistic financial predator. keep in mind that many of those claims appear to be backed with little or no evidence. >> the obama campaign is absolutely doubling down on the bain attack, no doubt about it. if the word triple down existed, they would be doing that as well. >> reporter: this political media analyst believes president obama was at one point looking to steal a page from reagan's playbook. planning an optimistic positive re-election campaign. till economic troubles and weak poll numbers hit hard. >> i think the obama folks were hoping to run a campaign like "morning in america" in 1984. but the campaign i think they're look at is much more the george w. bush campaign in 2004. >> the accusations that john kerry -- >> r
capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital walked away with a lot of money that they made off of this plant. >> reporter: the white house clearly wants to portray mitt romney's time at the helm of bain capital as a weak spot. in ad after ad, democrats are suggesting romney is a fat cat job outsourcer. an opportunistic financial predator. keep in mind that many of those claims appear to be backed with little or...
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nobody talks about bain or governor romney's taxes. what they are concerned about the level of debt. >> greta: media is talking about it more than anything. >> i really think so. >> greta: nice to see you, sir. now to mitch mcconnell warning the democrats not to be playing russian roulette. we spoke to him a short time ago. >>> good to see you. >> greta: looks like the okay corral over these taxes, she wants all the tax cuts expire and republicans are raising taxes for everybody. >> look, this really ought to be about the economy. we have a fiscal cliff coming at the end of the year. if everybody taxes go up and the sequester kicks in you are going to have a major recession. so we ought to quit playing games with this and settle the country down and step one would be say let's extend the current tax rates for one more year. during that year do whatever on bipartisan basis is says what they want to do and tax reform. it would take about year. secondly we need to sit down if we want to turn off the sequester, thousand pay for it. we had
nobody talks about bain or governor romney's taxes. what they are concerned about the level of debt. >> greta: media is talking about it more than anything. >> i really think so. >> greta: nice to see you, sir. now to mitch mcconnell warning the democrats not to be playing russian roulette. we spoke to him a short time ago. >>> good to see you. >> greta: looks like the okay corral over these taxes, she wants all the tax cuts expire and republicans are raising...
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. >>> plus, mitt romney's rein at bain. new questions and answers about just when he left. >>> mood disorder mystery. democrats finally get answers about congressman jesse jackson jr.'s summer recess. >>> and -- >> [ bleep ]. oh, [ bleep ]. it's all mine, it's all mine. >> and a jaw-dropping catch. this seven-foot bull shark is no fish tale. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell, live in washington. vice president joe biden at the naacp a day after mitt romney took the same stage in houston. biden enjoying a much friendlier reception as he preached the gospel according to barack obama. >> we are our brother's keeper, we are our sister's keeper. we have an obligation. and at the outset, as i said, i believe this election will come down to character, conviction and vision and it will not surprise you, i don't think it's even a close call. >> firing up the base. nbc senior political editor mark murray joins me now. mark, it's no surprise that joe biden would get a better reception at the naacp than mitt romney and mitt romney did
. >>> plus, mitt romney's rein at bain. new questions and answers about just when he left. >>> mood disorder mystery. democrats finally get answers about congressman jesse jackson jr.'s summer recess. >>> and -- >> [ bleep ]. oh, [ bleep ]. it's all mine, it's all mine. >> and a jaw-dropping catch. this seven-foot bull shark is no fish tale. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell, live in washington. vice president joe biden at the naacp a day after...
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and also bain capital, which i helped found and helped build. i'm proud of the fact we were able to strengthen enterprises that now employ a lot of people. we were able to invest the money of pension funds and charities. that's what bain capital did. it wasn't our money. it was other people's money. we were hired to invest. we invested it well. and we were able to invest in some businesses which grew and thrived. some of which have thousands upon thousands of employees. this is a very exciting thing. really at this stage, the key is who can get the economy going. who knows something -- >> do you accept that when you're running a company like bain that was hugely successful, no one disputes that, you're going in, taking over companies, either you're investing in them as start-ups or as it turned out to be a more leveraged buyout situation. you go in and you give them your expertise. think your preferred way was to keep the existing ceos and incentivize them to do better with your help. some succeeded. some failed. people try to portray you as a k
and also bain capital, which i helped found and helped build. i'm proud of the fact we were able to strengthen enterprises that now employ a lot of people. we were able to invest the money of pension funds and charities. that's what bain capital did. it wasn't our money. it was other people's money. we were hired to invest. we invested it well. and we were able to invest in some businesses which grew and thrived. some of which have thousands upon thousands of employees. this is a very exciting...
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bain says it was matter of updating the paperwork. but they are highlighting the discrepancy and romney is dishonest and he committed a felony. he is pushing back on that attack. he says obama and his team is resorting to ridiculous claims that is beneath the presidency.
bain says it was matter of updating the paperwork. but they are highlighting the discrepancy and romney is dishonest and he committed a felony. he is pushing back on that attack. he says obama and his team is resorting to ridiculous claims that is beneath the presidency.
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by saying that he was not at bain during the years when bain capitol was outsourcing jobs. other issue to this is that obama... >> let's take this one at a time. >> sean: go ahead. >> can you imagine how dumb this president is introducing the concept of felony into the discourse? when this president comes out of chicago politics, where felony and politics are sometimes a sin know number? this is a -- sin know anymore? this president's first big revenue were real estate deal was odd coincidences in time and space with a felon? this is a president whose political training was gelled to cheeks with convicted felons like rod blagojevich this president is dumb enough to introduce the concept of felon into the discourse with a guy as clean as mitt romney? >> governor, look. that is character assassination. and you know... >> it's the truth. it's all true. >> the fact is that what the "boston globe" reported is that it was the signature of mitt romney on a security document said he was running bain after he claims he left bain and was not involved in any decision that's led to the
by saying that he was not at bain during the years when bain capitol was outsourcing jobs. other issue to this is that obama... >> let's take this one at a time. >> sean: go ahead. >> can you imagine how dumb this president is introducing the concept of felony into the discourse? when this president comes out of chicago politics, where felony and politics are sometimes a sin know number? this is a -- sin know anymore? this president's first big revenue were real estate deal...
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attending a meeting regarding bain or bain controlled entities? >> you've asked quite a few questions there so let's go through. i didn't involve myself in any way with bain capital's enterprise after february of 1999. >> even when he was on leave, does he stand by business decisions that were made by the firm he created? >> actually he retired retroactively at that point. >> does the governor think those were good deals for bain? >> those deals were made -- those decisions were made by folks that were running the company differently. so i don't have the details of what the decision-making went into it. >> we have not retroactively retired he here. our panel will dig right in to get answers. nick confessore has been writing about this. you have a piece in the "times" today looking into these details. some people may feel it sounds like word games but what are you finding and why should a voter care about this sort of disputed record? >> those are two very different questions. we're finding that overall there isn't any evidence that mitt romney act
attending a meeting regarding bain or bain controlled entities? >> you've asked quite a few questions there so let's go through. i didn't involve myself in any way with bain capital's enterprise after february of 1999. >> even when he was on leave, does he stand by business decisions that were made by the firm he created? >> actually he retired retroactively at that point. >> does the governor think those were good deals for bain? >> those deals were made -- those...
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bain capital is just one hot- button issue. mitt romney's tax returns of also become a big issue and it's likely this is the beginning of the attacks. still four months away from election day. brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> watch all of the exclusive interview with president obama on our website. what people may not know about the president, including what you'll find on his note pad, he says. visit wjla.com. >> the latest developments in effort to expand gambling in maryland taking a step forward. montgomery and prince george's county executives are meeting with governor o'malley today to talk about the issue. lawmakers are struggling to agree on a plan to allow table games and a possible new casino in prince george's county. >> opponents of a plan to build montgomery county's largest gas station will hold a news conference today. they're expected to discuss a matter restricting mega fuel stations from being built next to schools hospitals, and recreation centers. opponents worry about the impact it would have on a nearby swim
bain capital is just one hot- button issue. mitt romney's tax returns of also become a big issue and it's likely this is the beginning of the attacks. still four months away from election day. brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> watch all of the exclusive interview with president obama on our website. what people may not know about the president, including what you'll find on his note pad, he says. visit wjla.com. >> the latest developments in effort to expand gambling in maryland taking...
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explain what you did at bain. some of that actually is explained in the tax returns because it shows he's been successful, he's created jobs, made a lot of money. so the president might want to tread lightly because if we're going to examine romney's ability to fix the economy, you have to look at the president's. he went on his campaign trail back in 2008 saying he was going to slash the deficit. he was going to create jobs, and neither one of those two things have happened. it's failed promises from the obama campaign and romney needs to hit him and hit him hard on it. >> governor strickland, the boston globe said the fight over romney's time at bain and the history there playing into the perception there that things with mitt are never quite what they seem. the president stumping in your home state of ohio. does it really matter to the voters out there, perception being reality? is the bain issue really going to resonate with the voters? >> thomas, i think it does matter, and the question is a fundamental quest
explain what you did at bain. some of that actually is explained in the tax returns because it shows he's been successful, he's created jobs, made a lot of money. so the president might want to tread lightly because if we're going to examine romney's ability to fix the economy, you have to look at the president's. he went on his campaign trail back in 2008 saying he was going to slash the deficit. he was going to create jobs, and neither one of those two things have happened. it's failed...
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you can't say you are focused on our shared pain when all we hear is bain bain. you can't bash negative ads saying they're not about what matter and then fire off ads over your opponent's wealth when americans say it doesn't matter. you can't talk about helping all americans with their tax return, get obsessed over your opponent's tax return. you have can't rip the other side for outsourcing that discovers the green company you created are outsourcing, too. you can't risk the private capital record of your opponent as many as your own party commend the private capital record of your opponent. you can't bemoan jobs you said he lost with the private money, knowing full well you lost more jobs with the taxpayer money. you can't expect people to take it seriously when you say tap all energy sources when you consistently rule out traditional fossil fuel choices. you have can't complain about the money that your opponent is getting from bankers and internet expect the public find out you are getting more money from fat cat bankers. you can't say there is tax cuts when
you can't say you are focused on our shared pain when all we hear is bain bain. you can't bash negative ads saying they're not about what matter and then fire off ads over your opponent's wealth when americans say it doesn't matter. you can't talk about helping all americans with their tax return, get obsessed over your opponent's tax return. you have can't rip the other side for outsourcing that discovers the green company you created are outsourcing, too. you can't risk the private capital...
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if there was good news for rom ng on bain. what we are going to see is a narrative that's going to unfortunately throughout the long hot summer into the fall they are going to bang on bain as many times as they can because they think they have got an issue that matters. i happen to disagree with them because the jobs and the economy. >> juan: hold on, chip, what we have seen so far in this very nasty campaign, and this is a hot, nasty episode, is that the negative ads do seem to have some impact. i don't think they would be doing this if it wasn't swaying voters in swing states. is it politically effective? your guy mike huckabee's campaign manager is it working? >> we took a few shots at mitt romney, too. we obviously didn't win neither did mitt romney. john mccain did four years ago. mitt romney running a good campaign this time around. won the nomination. obama campaign may be overplaying their cards here. at the end of the day you might want to use bain to attack to kind of bring into question the voters, what kind of busi
if there was good news for rom ng on bain. what we are going to see is a narrative that's going to unfortunately throughout the long hot summer into the fall they are going to bang on bain as many times as they can because they think they have got an issue that matters. i happen to disagree with them because the jobs and the economy. >> juan: hold on, chip, what we have seen so far in this very nasty campaign, and this is a hot, nasty episode, is that the negative ads do seem to have some...
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so tell us the relationship between bain and mr. romney and why that's suggested he would be a poor president of america. >> in addition to the actual outsourcing, whichred and we've really sad stories of people who have had to build a stand for the announcement that their jobs were going to be outsourced. how demeaning and humiliating is that, making you actually do the construction work at the site of telling you that you're going to lose your job and "the washington post" called him a pioneer in outsourcing, but i think the thing that's really going to haunt mitt romney is the fact that most americans understand that they get early retirement, but they don't get retroactive retirement. during the period when bain was outsourcing jobs and mitt romney was the president and ceo of the company and receiving $100,000, most people think that's a pretty good income and that usually given for doing nothing at all and not answering the questions and so people are saying wait a minute now, it's not just the outsourcing. it's the money in a
so tell us the relationship between bain and mr. romney and why that's suggested he would be a poor president of america. >> in addition to the actual outsourcing, whichred and we've really sad stories of people who have had to build a stand for the announcement that their jobs were going to be outsourced. how demeaning and humiliating is that, making you actually do the construction work at the site of telling you that you're going to lose your job and "the washington post"...
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that is not bain capital. this is bain investor 6. >> sounds like a super hero team. >> right, or it sounds like something that is deeply confusioning inin ining or des obfuscate. >> this sec filing seems to contradict the previous statements. that mitt romney didn't have anything to do with bain after 1999. there's specific reasons for that cutoff date. that's when he took over the olympic bid. so he stopped, clearly, day-to-day functioning and oversight at bain at that point. between 1999 and 2001 a lot of the things that have been alleged in the ads and things occurred at bain. for example, the outsourcing claim. a company which did call centers. between 1999 and 2001 that call center company merged, really started moving overseas, and then was divested by bain. the kansas city steel company that was the subject of that obama attack ad. it's between 1999 and 2001 where things changed. initially, the bain infusion helped the company thrive. starting 1999, they start losing around $50 billion and ultimately t
that is not bain capital. this is bain investor 6. >> sounds like a super hero team. >> right, or it sounds like something that is deeply confusioning inin ining or des obfuscate. >> this sec filing seems to contradict the previous statements. that mitt romney didn't have anything to do with bain after 1999. there's specific reasons for that cutoff date. that's when he took over the olympic bid. so he stopped, clearly, day-to-day functioning and oversight at bain at that...
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he did a great job of that at bain capital. so to try to pin the decisions theyed made after february 1999, they are inaccurate as well. >> can i respond to that for just a second? when mitt romney left in 1999 he said he would be part-time at bain as have decisions on investments. ann romney said he is dividing his time between bain and the olympics, and worst of all is the "wall street journal" said the criticisms weren't valid, they said documents filed showed that he still had ties to the companies, and these documents, the fcc -- the sec, 33 filings for brookside there said he was the ceo all the way up to may of 2001. >> ed rendell comes prepared. >> he comes prepared, but sadly it's not true. nobody wants to be blamed for -- >> the "wall street journal" is lying? he signed the form. factcheck.org showed the paper he signed in february of 1999. so i believe -- >> we have to admit, we're sort of getting off point by arguing this one little point of what he would or would not have done when he left bain capital, but the big
he did a great job of that at bain capital. so to try to pin the decisions theyed made after february 1999, they are inaccurate as well. >> can i respond to that for just a second? when mitt romney left in 1999 he said he would be part-time at bain as have decisions on investments. ann romney said he is dividing his time between bain and the olympics, and worst of all is the "wall street journal" said the criticisms weren't valid, they said documents filed showed that he still...
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romney's tenure and term at bain capital. and, mitt romney denied the accusations and acknowledge he was a sole shareholder of bain capital for a brief time until the control was handed over to a group of partners, so the rhetoric on the campaign trail, heighting up with the president refusing to apologize, we'll have a lot more on this coming up in our political segments in the next hour. ♪ >> jamie: time for "sunday house call," joining us this morning, dr. marc siegel associate professor of medicine at nyu's langone medical center and the author of "inner pulse, unlocking the secret code of health." >> and the chief of robotics at the mt. sinai center in new york, dr. samadi, good to see you. >> jamie: good morning, i'm particularly excited about the first topic you brought us, because so many people know one who has alzheimer's, they really love and care about and for the first time, researchers discovered a gene that may actually protect folks against the degenerative brain disease. dr. siegel, this is exciting, isn't
romney's tenure and term at bain capital. and, mitt romney denied the accusations and acknowledge he was a sole shareholder of bain capital for a brief time until the control was handed over to a group of partners, so the rhetoric on the campaign trail, heighting up with the president refusing to apologize, we'll have a lot more on this coming up in our political segments in the next hour. ♪ >> jamie: time for "sunday house call," joining us this morning, dr. marc siegel...
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bain. the villain in "the dark knight rises" is named bain. b-a-n-e. what is the name of the venture capital firm that romney ran and around which there's now this make believe controversy? bain. the movie has been in the works for a long time, release date's been known, summer 2012, for a long time. do you think that it is accidental that the name of the really vicious fire-breathing, four-eyed whatever it is villain in this movie is named bane? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: there is one major flaw in rush's theory, and that is the character bane was created in 1993, 20 years ago. that would make obama not only a kenyan socialist, but a time traveler, too. the creator of bane, the guy who created the character is calling the allegations ridiculous, especially because he, himself, is a long-time cop servive. at first, it does seem ridiculous, but tisomebody on o staff found an old company for bain capital. i'll let you be the judge. >> in challenging economic times, you need expert investment advi
bain. the villain in "the dark knight rises" is named bain. b-a-n-e. what is the name of the venture capital firm that romney ran and around which there's now this make believe controversy? bain. the movie has been in the works for a long time, release date's been known, summer 2012, for a long time. do you think that it is accidental that the name of the really vicious fire-breathing, four-eyed whatever it is villain in this movie is named bane? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: there is...
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the obama camp claims romney lied about his end date at bain. in a series of interviews on friday, romney accused of obama campaign of stooping to new lows. in an interview that aired today on cbs this morning, president obama was asked about the negative ads his campaign was running. here's what he said. >> first of all, we've done a whole slew of positive ads that talked exactly about how we need to change our education system, how we need to change our tax code, how we need to rebuild america. how we need to promote american energy. so those just don't get attention in the news. >> the president said they've run a whole slew of ads, positive ads. we wanted to -- we wanted to check and see if maybe we'd overlooked a slew of ads either candidate was running. keeping them honest. we checked with c-mag, the consultants who track ad spending for us. they told us last week the obama campaign aired negative ads more than 19,000 times and positive ads fewer than 150 times. less than 1% of their ads were positive. according to other reports, since the
the obama camp claims romney lied about his end date at bain. in a series of interviews on friday, romney accused of obama campaign of stooping to new lows. in an interview that aired today on cbs this morning, president obama was asked about the negative ads his campaign was running. here's what he said. >> first of all, we've done a whole slew of positive ads that talked exactly about how we need to change our education system, how we need to change our tax code, how we need to rebuild...
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romney has staked h his claim on his performance at bain capital whicich was proactively outsouing jobs because that is how you m make money. >> charles, i wonder how mucof the stock is having an impact on americican voters. >> i think i.tis having very little impact. i agree entirely with colby. the entire outsourcing d debate is prepeposterous. it has been going on for decades, it has to do with globalization. it has nothing to do with obama or romney. it i iobvious that obama cannot run on his record. he has a terrible if you are years behind and that he cannot stand up foror -- terrible four years behind him m that he cannot stand up for, so what he does is distracting. romney's defense is to say you too. it is not only that you are outsourcing jobs. you are taking money of american workers in taxes and are doing wind and solar, and the cars are made in finland in englandnd the thewind and solar panels are being made in china. if you want to talk outsourcing which is a preposterous subje in the first bus, each will roll charlotte -- in the first bus, each will hurl charges. >> i fin
romney has staked h his claim on his performance at bain capital whicich was proactively outsouing jobs because that is how you m make money. >> charles, i wonder how mucof the stock is having an impact on americican voters. >> i think i.tis having very little impact. i agree entirely with colby. the entire outsourcing d debate is prepeposterous. it has been going on for decades, it has to do with globalization. it has nothing to do with obama or romney. it i iobvious that obama...
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he said he left bain in 1999 to run the salt lake city olympics. his campaign spokesperson called the "globe" article not accurate. fed up with the outsourcing claims, the gop candidate launched a strong new ad. >> when a president does not tell the truth, how can we trust him to lead? >> whether or not they're true, it muddies the water. a candidate can suffer a lot of damage even if he attacks and it turns out not to be true. >> that story is straight ahead. and here's the report. >> what is on his agenda? >> he will be speaking to some young people at high school in virginia beach. then he will go to roanoke and rich been. obama has done well in the past and this sets up a showdown in november. >> hi jackson, thank you -- hallie jackson, thank you. >> a baltimore police of a search is no longer on the force. her daughter rang up nearly $400 in groceries but only charged her mother $100. she was required to resign after admitting to theft charges. she and her daughter both received -- a fire destroyed a playground. some teenagers lit a paper and
he said he left bain in 1999 to run the salt lake city olympics. his campaign spokesperson called the "globe" article not accurate. fed up with the outsourcing claims, the gop candidate launched a strong new ad. >> when a president does not tell the truth, how can we trust him to lead? >> whether or not they're true, it muddies the water. a candidate can suffer a lot of damage even if he attacks and it turns out not to be true. >> that story is straight ahead. and...
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that brings it back to bain capital, to all the messaging about bain's outsourcing. back to the ways that mitt romney made his millions and that's a good place for the president. you know, we had this scene of weak kneed democrats a couple of months ago saying stay away from bain, but we are seeing in the swing states, these message about the way he made his money, about bain capital and about offshoring really resognate with voters. if mitt romney's going to go back to that as his argument, i know how to create jobs because i've been in the private sector, that brings the president back to bain. >> do you agree with that, that this territory is now favorable for the president because mitt romney is such a mystery. not just with his own personal financial investments and activities, when he talks about himself as a job creator, that whole story has been sullieded because u there was no job creation. wealth creation. >> i totally agree, actually. i think maybe we're going to see something happen with the romney campaign where it just starting to feel like a disaster.
that brings it back to bain capital, to all the messaging about bain's outsourcing. back to the ways that mitt romney made his millions and that's a good place for the president. you know, we had this scene of weak kneed democrats a couple of months ago saying stay away from bain, but we are seeing in the swing states, these message about the way he made his money, about bain capital and about offshoring really resognate with voters. if mitt romney's going to go back to that as his argument, i...
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he was retired from bain. bain is a good company. it's been very successful and created a lot of jobs. >> reporter: republicans also say the president is trying to divert attention away from the poor economy. >> patti ann: steve, thank you. >> gregg: fight against voter fraud in a battle state. rick scott praising the obama administration for giving the state access to a federal database. homeland security department will now let florida check the federal list for people that are not u.s. citizens that will allow florida to verify the legitimacy of their rolls. >> patti ann: a teen organization in lowell, massachusetts is fighting to take part in the democratic process. vote 17 say they want a voice in local government. they are pushing for 17-year-olds to be allowed to vote in municipal elections and one state senator thinks it is a fine idea. >> for a number of years, many of us nobody comes out to vote and low voter turnout. so it's really refreshing to have young people say let us vote. >> this is something we want to do. this wo
he was retired from bain. bain is a good company. it's been very successful and created a lot of jobs. >> reporter: republicans also say the president is trying to divert attention away from the poor economy. >> patti ann: steve, thank you. >> gregg: fight against voter fraud in a battle state. rick scott praising the obama administration for giving the state access to a federal database. homeland security department will now let florida check the federal list for people that...
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keeping them honest, all weekend long, they instead focused on attacking romney's ties to bain and his personal finances. >> he's taken advantage of every single conceivable attack shelter and loophole. >> mr. romney attested to the sec multiple times that he was the chairman, ceo and president of bain capital. >> that company also was investing in companies that "the washington post" called pioneers of outsourcing. >> if you're telling the sec you're in charge but you're telling the american people you bear no responsibility, one of those things is not true. >> stop whining. if you want to defend bain capital as your calling card to the white house, defend what happened to those jobs that went overseas. those jobs that were cut and eliminated. >> i don't want a peer near in outsourcing. i want some insourcing. i want to bring companies back. >> the attacks continued on paper as well. virtually all the press releases and statements they issued on saturday and sunday hammered romney on those fronts. the obama campaign also released a new attack ad. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this
keeping them honest, all weekend long, they instead focused on attacking romney's ties to bain and his personal finances. >> he's taken advantage of every single conceivable attack shelter and loophole. >> mr. romney attested to the sec multiple times that he was the chairman, ceo and president of bain capital. >> that company also was investing in companies that "the washington post" called pioneers of outsourcing. >> if you're telling the sec you're in charge...
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capital and thus is the controlling person of bain capital. we know romney signed these filings with the s.e.c., but the romney campaign says this is a moot point, he left to go to the olympics. how big of a hurdle will this be for them? >> mitt romney's work at bain was supposed to be his biggest strength. the obama campaign making it into his biggest weakness. romney says he has done nothing wrong. he is calling on the president to apologize for his attacks, but they are clearly taking a toll. >> you bring up the apologies, the president was asked about this by a local affiliate over the weekend, and here was his response. >> no, we won't be apologizing. and sometimes these games are played during political campaigns. understand what the issue is here. mr. romney claims that he's mr. fix-it for the economy, because of the -- his business experience. and so, i think voters, entirely legitimately, want to know what exactly is that business experience? >> you saw a hint of a smile from the president there. as the campaigns go, it always goes ba
capital and thus is the controlling person of bain capital. we know romney signed these filings with the s.e.c., but the romney campaign says this is a moot point, he left to go to the olympics. how big of a hurdle will this be for them? >> mitt romney's work at bain was supposed to be his biggest strength. the obama campaign making it into his biggest weakness. romney says he has done nothing wrong. he is calling on the president to apologize for his attacks, but they are clearly taking...
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why is it when mitt romney left the bain capital to manage the olympics, bain kept filing sec documents for several years, three years, with him listed as sole stockholder, chairman, chief executive and president? >> we don't know. one of the problems here is governor romney has created a level of opacity around his affairs that has led everyone to assume the worst. and which i think, frankly, is just politically stupid because what else can you think when he doesn't tell you actually what happened? one hypothesis that i hear in private equity circles that resonates with me as a possibility is, first, when he left to go to the olympic, he didn't know how long he was going for, a week, a month, x years, didn't know whether it would be an 18-hour day, a six-hour day. he left kind of instantaneously. there was no succession planning that seemed to be in place at bain. so there was no clear idea who was going to succeed him. and so they couldn't really file something else until they figured out who was going to succeed him. and that apparently -- not unusual that that took some time. and so
why is it when mitt romney left the bain capital to manage the olympics, bain kept filing sec documents for several years, three years, with him listed as sole stockholder, chairman, chief executive and president? >> we don't know. one of the problems here is governor romney has created a level of opacity around his affairs that has led everyone to assume the worst. and which i think, frankly, is just politically stupid because what else can you think when he doesn't tell you actually...
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capital and thus is the controlling person of bain capital. that, from may 2000, after he left, to work with the salt lake city olympics. the question is, how big of a hurdle will this be? >> reporter: mitt romney's work at bayne was supposed to be his biggest strength and the obama campaign has made it to his biggest weakness. >> you mentioned calling for an apology, about the heated rhetoric. the president did respond to that in an interview with a local affiliate. >> no, we won't be apologizing. and sometimes these games are played during political campaigns. understand what the issue is here. mr. romney claims that he's mr. fix it for the economy, because of the -- his business experience. i think voters, entirely legitima legitimately, want to know what is that experience. >> really analyze the interviews. a hint of a smile there at the beginning from the president. so, who is winning, at least this argument right now? >> reporter: president obama has to like the fact that instead of talking about the economy, he has made the we us can of
capital and thus is the controlling person of bain capital. that, from may 2000, after he left, to work with the salt lake city olympics. the question is, how big of a hurdle will this be? >> reporter: mitt romney's work at bayne was supposed to be his biggest strength and the obama campaign has made it to his biggest weakness. >> you mentioned calling for an apology, about the heated rhetoric. the president did respond to that in an interview with a local affiliate. >> no, we...
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are beneath the dignity. >> they're trying to raise new questions about his business experience at bain capital. especially when he stopped running the private equity firm. he saying he went to turn around the winter olympics. but these documents list him as the chief executive officer in 2000 and 2001. >> most americans figure if you're the chairman, ceo, and president of a company, you're responsible for what that company does. >> if you were officially the boss in those years, why are you not responsible for bain capital's activities including the outsourcing of jobs at that time. >> in february 1999, i left bane capital and all management authority and responsibility for the firm. i had no ongoing activity in the affairs of bane capital. >> if that is the case that you left in february of 1999, and some independent fact checkers say that is the case. is it fair to take credit for jobs credited after that time. >> businesses that we help create and helped start, went on to create lots of jobs. if you're responsible for starting a business, and it grows and adds a lot of jobs in comin
are beneath the dignity. >> they're trying to raise new questions about his business experience at bain capital. especially when he stopped running the private equity firm. he saying he went to turn around the winter olympics. but these documents list him as the chief executive officer in 2000 and 2001. >> most americans figure if you're the chairman, ceo, and president of a company, you're responsible for what that company does. >> if you were officially the boss in those...
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they went after bain capital and get four pinocchios for lying and romney wasn't working at bain. and the stimulus money went to the foreign countries to create jobs. >> more and more of that is coming out. i think the hardest part of bain cap tail is -- capital is to dial it down. the democrats were coming out so hard and the obama campaign was coming out so hard with the message, when we could be bouncing back so much harder. so i still think, the message needs to be clearer because i think at the end of the day, people know that these are -- whether it's women or hispanics, the poverty and the unemployment level, these are the unintended consequences of failed policy. >> they went after mitt romney on the issue of transparentsy and that backfired because, of course, the president invoked executive privilege. and he has still not revealed his college records. it seems that they are trying the smears and the attacks, but they don't seem to be working. >> not at all. they know that they are failing and look -- this campaign is desperate. they are doing everything they can to distr
they went after bain capital and get four pinocchios for lying and romney wasn't working at bain. and the stimulus money went to the foreign countries to create jobs. >> more and more of that is coming out. i think the hardest part of bain cap tail is -- capital is to dial it down. the democrats were coming out so hard and the obama campaign was coming out so hard with the message, when we could be bouncing back so much harder. so i still think, the message needs to be clearer because i...
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more proof that president obama's attacks on capitalism, the attacks on bain, the attacks on business have not paid off. the key point here is that on handling the economy, more than half disapprove of mr. obama. in fact, the president lost 16 points since the last poll. cbs news, new york timesle poll gives the president a paltry 36% favorability rating. let me point out something about this business. ronald reagan praised entrepreneurship into recovery. why must barack obama trash entrepreneurs into recession. it is showing up in his polls and people do not like it. plus, the number two democrat in the house says food stamps and unemployment benefits are the best way to stimulate the economy. this is totally wrong. paying people not to work is totally wrong. we already have have the economy on federal assistance. this is wrong. we need growth incentives to get us out of recession and get folks working. finally, another gsa scandal breaks. the gsa spent a quarter million on a one night only event. $28,000 for drumsticks. really? $29,000 for picture frames. really? we'll have the deta
more proof that president obama's attacks on capitalism, the attacks on bain, the attacks on business have not paid off. the key point here is that on handling the economy, more than half disapprove of mr. obama. in fact, the president lost 16 points since the last poll. cbs news, new york timesle poll gives the president a paltry 36% favorability rating. let me point out something about this business. ronald reagan praised entrepreneurship into recovery. why must barack obama trash...
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say his campaign has not been aggressive enough in responding to attacks on his business record at bain. >> i, of course, respond to the attacks that come, but, you know, they say in politics, if you're responding, you're losing. >> but today the romney campaign is responding in a new tv ad and it is quite a barn burner. >> when a president doesn't tell the truth, how you can we trust him to lead? the obama outsourcing attacks, misleading, unfair, and untrue. there was no evidence that mitt romney shipped jobs overseas. candidate obama lied about hillary clinton. >> so shame on you, barack obama. >> but america expects more from a president. obama's dishonest campaign, another reason america has lost confidence in barack obama. >> in just over an hour, vice president joe biden will offer rebuttal of romney's economic argument when he speaks to the naacp convention in houston. yesterday, romney received, shall we say, a mixed reception before that audience. >> i'm going to eliminate every nonessential expensive program i can find. that includes obama care. and i'm going to work to reform
say his campaign has not been aggressive enough in responding to attacks on his business record at bain. >> i, of course, respond to the attacks that come, but, you know, they say in politics, if you're responding, you're losing. >> but today the romney campaign is responding in a new tv ad and it is quite a barn burner. >> when a president doesn't tell the truth, how you can we trust him to lead? the obama outsourcing attacks, misleading, unfair, and untrue. there was no...
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romney's experience at bain, 14% say his bain experience makes them more likely to vote for him. 23% say less likely to vote for him. 60% say no effect. similarish numbers. personal wealth, 5% say romney's wealth makes it more likely to vote for him, 20% say his wealth makes them less likely to vote for him. and 73% says it has no effect. is this a matter of timing? is this a nonstarter with the american voter? >> so the president won election first time around with a seven-point margin. let's assume it's going to be less than that. anything under six points is the margin of error. every piece of polling in this election is within the margin of error. and so you're seeing things in a close race, two or three-point race, which is actually what president bush won re-election with. you're going to get polls that put one candidate up or another down and that's what happened to john kerry in 2004. there were polls that put him up. interesting thing, does the whole debate change anything? yeah, i think it does change something. it drives people away from voting and away from politics. this
romney's experience at bain, 14% say his bain experience makes them more likely to vote for him. 23% say less likely to vote for him. 60% say no effect. similarish numbers. personal wealth, 5% say romney's wealth makes it more likely to vote for him, 20% say his wealth makes them less likely to vote for him. and 73% says it has no effect. is this a matter of timing? is this a nonstarter with the american voter? >> so the president won election first time around with a seven-point margin....